Scottish Wildlife and Island Cruises

Welcome to the website of Chalice Charters. We operate out of the port of Oban, gateway to the Western Isles of Scotland - the last natural wilderness in Europe - offering Scottish island cruises, wildlife cruises, bird-watching and whale watching cruises, private charter, and research and survey services.

As you browse through the following pages, we hope that you will begin to get a feel for the experience that you will enjoy when you join us for a wildlife or scenic cruise. Find out more about the Chalice experience and how you can enjoy the best that wild Scotland has to offer - what you can expect to see, feel, hear, smell, and taste on your Scottish island cruise!

If you've never sailed before, or you're a little apprehensive about embarking on this type of holiday, then you could visit our Timid Sailor page, where you will be given some sensible advice about cruising with us and a few myths will be dispelled for you.

Check out our programmed cruises, or perhaps you'd like to talk to us with a view to arranging your own private charter for a group of friends?

Thank you - enjoy your virtual visit, and we hope that you'll be able to join us on board 'for real' in the near future! Can you picture yourself there yet......?

Dolphins at Tobermory!

In July 2006, we were treated to a splendid display by two bottlenose dolphins in the harbour at Tobermory, Mull. These magnificent creatures swam around between moored yachts for over two hours, making use of all available space to generally show off and enjoy themselves. They finally worked their way out to Chalice where guest Dave Watkins captured part of the display on his video camera.

You can watch Dave's video clip by clicking here and downloading it to your desktop. It's a .wmv file and will open with Windows Media Player. You can read more about this episode, and other features from our trips, in our cruise log section for 2006

This is how close the wildlife gets to us!